John & Eliza Coleridge of Ilfracombe

John COLERIDGE, born in Exeter in 1810, is the sixth son of John & Elizabeth COLDRIDGE. He married Eliza when he was 38 and they had 6 children – 1 son and 5 daughters. The censuses give her birthplace as Oxford and she was about 12 years younger than John. They lived in Edmonton, Ilfracombe, Winslow and the Isle of Wight. Most records have the spelling COLERIDGE.

John COLERIDGE's marriage to Eliza HILL, born around 1822, was registered in June 1848 in Oxford.

The Exeter & Plymouth Gazette has a notice of the marriage of Rev. John COLDRIDGE, incumbent of St. John's, Robinhood, Kingston-on-Thames, to Eliza, second daughter of the Rev. John HILL, Vice-Principal of St. Edmund's Hall on 6th May 1848.

In 1881 John & Eliza and 2 of their daughters are living on the Isle of Wight where John is a hospital chaplain. He does not survive the year end:

John COLERIDGE's death, aged 71, was registered in December 1881 on the Isle of Wight.

Probate 27th January 1882. The Will with a Codicil of the Reverend John COLERIDGE otherwise COLDRIDGE late of St. Lawrence Ventnor in the Isle of Wight in the County of Southampton Clerk who died 29 November 1881 at St. Lawrence was proved at the Principal Registry by Eliza COLERIDGE of St. Lawrence Widow the Relict the sole Executrix. Personal Estate £1,315 14s. 8d.

In 1891 Eliza, now widowed, is living in Sandown with her 2 younger daughters. Her eldest daughter Sophia Eliza is married and living in Yately with her 2 children and her younger sister Margaret.

Sophia Eliza COLERIDGE's marriage at the age of 37 to John MILLS, born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, was registered in December 1887 on the Isle of Wight.

Margaret Sophia CHRISTISON's death, aged 90, was recorded on 14th February 1979 in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her date of birth is given as 26th August 1888 in Yatley Hampshire, daughter of John MILLS & Sophia Eliza COLERIDGE, widow of Gordon Holmes CHRISTISON.

Kate COLERIDGE's marriage at the age of 35 to Noel Lake ASPINALL (?) was registered in June 1892 on the Isle of Wight.

1901 census for Ilfracombe

Address

Name

Age

Relation

Occupation

Ilfracombe
Chambercombe Park
"Rocklands"

Eliza COLERIDGE
Mary H COLERIDGE
Annie I COLERIDGE

79
34
31

Head
Daughter
Daughter

Living On Own Means

In 1901 Eliza has moved back to Ilfracombe and is still living with her 2 younger daughters, who are not aging quite as fast as you might expect.

Eliza COLDRIDGE's death, aged 82, was registered in September 1904 in Barnstaple.

In 1911 Henry & Maude's son Reginald is at Bradfield College, West Berkshire. His birthplace is recorded as Samatria (British subject by parentry) but I have not found a record of his birth. I presume that the following records relate to him:

Reginald E COLERIDGE's marriage to Lily PRESCOTT was registered in December 1926 in Prescot, Lancashire.

Lily COLERIDGE's death, aged 58, was registered in September 1962 in Surrey North.